Free State of Jones (McConaughey)

[Octoberist]

Yeah it's a nitpick that most people won't notice but it stands out to me. The movie could look 'richer'. Hopefully the colors will pop out in post.

 

[Lencho01]

I liked what I see.

 

[Gold Samurai]

Yeah it's a nitpick that most people won't notice but it stands out to me. The movie could look 'richer'. Hopefully the colors will pop out in post.

It looked more like a Netflix series to me

 

[Marvolo]

I think the cinematography looks fine.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Free State Of Jones’ Marches To June http://deadline.com/2016/03/matthew-mcconaughey-civil-war-pic-free-state-of-jones-marches-to-june-1201717406/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …

STX Entertainment’s Civil War epic Free State of Jones is moving from May 13th to June 24th.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Trailer 2

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[Octoberist]

It loos like they sorta color corrected it, but it's still an ugly movie. I would like to see more from the black perspective in the marketing though.

 

[Duke]

I've seen the trailer for this movie & it looks really good!!! Anything that deals with the Civil War conflict interests me.

 

[Pink Ranger]

I'm looking forward to this as well. For some reason, I have a thing for US civil war movies, even though I am about as far removed culturally from that period as anyone can get without being from Mars.

 

[SomeOldGuy]

This is on my must-see list as well. Damn but this has been a great year for movies so far.

 

[Lencho01]

There's a 5 minute preview.

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[Marvolo]

0% on Rotten Tomatoes

I was not expecting that.

 

[Fallen Angel]

To be fair it's only 6 reviews but then again STX put this Indie film in prime Blockbuster season.

 

[Octoberist]

I'll be honest, the trailer have been awful. The worst part is that a lot of it is from Matt's POV. You don't get a lot of dialog from the black characters..even though it's about freaking them!

The other thing is the ugly cinematography.

 

[Marvolo]

I haven't paid attention to the cinematography. What do you think is ugly about it?

 

[Octoberist]

The Color grading is bad. Everything looks flat and kitschy.

I'm both pro-film and pro-digital, but here, it makes digitally filmed movie look bad.

 

[Mike Murdock]

0% on Rotten Tomatoes

I was not expecting that.

Yeah, the sample size is small, but it's not a good start. I love the concept and the story. Some of the trailers have made it look uneven so my guess is that's the biggest problem, but it's a shame since this is a nifty story that I wish people would see.

 

[Octoberist]

it looks like a History Channel miniseries that was cut down to two hours.

 

[terry78]

I think people are tired of slave movies.

 

[Lencho01]

They're just tired of being reminded of their White Guilt.

 

[Mysteryman]

I think people are tired of slave movies.[/QUOTE
If that is so, Birth Of A Nation is about to wake them up.

 

[Rowsdower!]

LOL, only six reviews so far, but this is at 0% on RT.

 

[Logan0327]

37 reviews now and 30 % on RT LOL

 

[SomeOldGuy]

Ugh. Bummed to hear this is no good.

 

[NotSoLongAgo]

it looks like a History Channel miniseries that was cut down to two hours.

I watched chris stuckmann's review and he said he couldn't shake the feeling that it was a History Channel made-for-tv movie. That it was pretty preachy, full of speech after speech and I guess looked cheap too. I was never looking forward to this so no harm no foul.